Youth Today
News
-
Military Recruiters Plied Youths with Drugs, Alcohol, Fake Diplomas
At a time when high unemployment and high college costs compel more youths to consider military enlistment, a new federal report raises...
-
Brother, Can You Spare Some Time?
Ann Arbor, Mich.—When Shenida Smith turned to the local Big Brothers Big Sisters organization last year to find mentors for her...
-
In Juvenile Justice Care, Boys Get Worse
Is it time for the United States to haul in its law-and-order approach to adolescent misbehavior? Time for principals to stop...
-
Federal Budget Coverage
Check out Youth Today’s coverage of budget and spending issues for February 2010: Federal Earmarks 2010 A Boost, and Lots of Earmarks...
-
In Tough Times, an Endowment Gets the Save
Shmavonian: New president says P/PV projects will focus on “improving the lives of our most disadvantaged youth.” The research and practice...
-
Ruling Limits Child Protection Interviews
A recent federal court ruling will limit the ability of child protection workers to interview suspected child abuse victims at school...
-
One in Eight Incarcerated Juveniles Experiences Sexual Victimization
Twelve percent – or about one in eight – of youths held in large juvenile facilities in the United States report...
-
Mentoring Funds Grow
Click Image for PDF of Chart The fiscal 2010 omnibus spending bill provides $100 million for competitive grants in a key mentoring...
-
Is Abstinence-Only Locked Out of Federal Funding?
Click Image for PDF of Chart A new $110 million appropriation for teen pregnancy prevention in the 2010 federal budget, along with...
-
A Boost, and Lots of Earmarks
Click Image for PDF of Chart The fiscal 2010 budget contains several noteworthy items for juvenile justice: Second Chance Act: The act,...
-
Brotherly Love
At his side: Joseph Radelet with Aaron Robinson around the time of Robinson’s high school graduation in 2009. Radelet has served...
-
Soul Searching: BBBSA’s Image AmongAfrican Americans
If perception is reality, then Big Brothers Big Sisters of America (BBBSA) is everything from an outsider in the black community...
-
Newsmakers for February 2010
Nonprofits After a long national search, the Oakland, Calif.-based National Council on Crime and Delinquency has chosen from within its ranks...
-
8th Global Conference, National Youth Service: An Idea Whose Time Has Come
The International Association for National Youth Service (IANYS) This is a report on the 8th Global Conference of the International Association...
-
With Their Whole Lives Ahead of Them: Myths and Realities About Why So Many Students Fail to Finish College
Public Agenda (Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation) Only 20 percent of students at two-year colleges graduate within three years and only...
-
Student Debt and the Class of 2008
Pew Charitable Trusts The rate of unemployment for college graduates ages 20-24 in 2008 was 7.6 percent; it rose to a...
-
Kids’ Share: An Analysis of Federal Expenditures on Children Through 2008
Urban Institute Federal expenditures on children dropped from approximately 20 percent of domestic spending in 1960 to 15 percent in 2008....
-
Success Stories From the California Endowment’s Childhood Obesity Prevention Programs
California Endowment The California Endowment has compiled information about obesity prevention programs that work and found that the successful initiatives included after-school...
-
Generation M²: Media in the Lives of 8- to 18-Year-Olds
Kaiser Family Foundation The average child’s overall media consumption increased by one hour and 17 minutes every day between 2004 and...
-
Teens and Sexting
Pew Charitable Trusts A 2009 telephone survey of 800 teens between the ages of 12 and 17, as well as a series...
